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....go, you dumb cellphone reading looking down and not paying attention mutha*********!!!!

Get off the goddam phones and watch the light!

The traffic light turn green and the first car or two sit for several seconds until one of us blows the horn. So instead of 10 cars getting thru the light, maybe 4 get thru. You sorry mother****** are kiiiillllling me!!!

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Once we all have Google cars that drive themselves, this will not be a problem anymore

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The person you are mad at was probably on Texags...

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OP forgets where he lives...you have to wait 5s for the red light runners to clear before proceeding....

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You may have a point.

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The person you are mad at was probably on Texags...

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I would bet good money it was a 377 lb Canadian woman with about $2000 worth of tattoos, an equal amount spent on her rastafarian weave and about half that amount spent on acrylic talons that make me wonder how the eff she can use the phone in the first place. And she is on speaker holding it flat up by her face and goving zero ****s about the world outside her little bubble.

At least that is the dominant demographic i see lately effing the world up instead of driving.

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And as far as OP's original point, this is just another area of "civilization" where we have completely lost any sense of self-awareness & respect for others. When I'm first in line at a red light, I stare at it continuously, because frankly I'd be embarrassed/mortified to not take off as soon as it turns red in courtesy to those behind me.

I would actually be uncomfortable looking down/around/up/anywhere else. Baffling how people can play with their phone or whatever and not feel this basic sense of responsibility.

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And as far as OP's original point, this is just another area of "civilization" where we have completely lost any sense of self-awareness & respect for others. When I'm first in line at a red light, I stare at it continuously, because frankly I'd be embarrassed/mortified to not take off as soon as it turns red in courtesy to those behind me.

I would actually be uncomfortable looking down/around/up/anywhere else. Baffling how people can play with their phone or whatever and not feel this basic sense of responsibility.

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Similarly are the people who clog up the right lane where there's no dedicated right-turn lane and their going straight. So one person going straight holds up 37 people who could have turned right on red and helped traffic flow more smoothly.

Complete lack of awareness.

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And as far as OP's original point, this is just another area of "civilization" where we have completely lost any sense of self-awareness & respect for others. When I'm first in line at a red light, I stare at it continuously, because frankly I'd be embarrassed/mortified to not take off as soon as it turns red in courtesy to those behind me.

I would actually be uncomfortable looking down/around/up/anywhere else. Baffling how people can play with their phone or whatever and not feel this basic sense of responsibility.

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Similarly are the people who clog up the right lane where there's no dedicated right-turn lane and their going straight. So one person going straight holds up 37 people who could have turned right on red and helped traffic flow more smoothly.

Complete lack of awareness.

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Probably the thing that pisses me off more than anything. The worst is when they cut over at the last minute so they can be first in line at the light, and now you're also stuck waiting for said light.

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